Muscle group · Shoulders
Rotator cuff
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
Four muscles — supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis — whose tendons blend into the capsule of the glenohumeral joint and hold the head of the humerus centred in the shallow glenoid while the larger muscles move the arm.
Also known as
- SITS muscles
- cuff
- rotator cuff muscles